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Python decorators seem to be in the latest python, at least:
http://docs.python.org/ref/function.html

The discussion Tom linked to was back in 2004.

Decorators would be perfect for this, I think:

@Gdb.interactive (Gdb.Expr, Gdb.Expr)
def strcmp (str1, str2):
    // compare strings

Easy squeezy.